Sign-holder.



r f. H. cosNER.

SIGN HOLDER.I APPLICATIONTILED APR. 11. |916.

1,209,560. Patented. Deo. 19,V 1916.

niaiinn srafrns haar terr unieron FARE CSQ'EB, OF COEEN, WEST VIRGINIA..

ldt-,535th Specicaton of Letters rai-ent.

Patented Bec. i9, Milli,

Application filed April l1, wir). Serial No. M1450.

ent kinds and sizes may be interchangeably.

s arated and displayed and secured to a la Llding, sign post or othersupport with a minimum of injury to said support.

,ilL `further object oli the invention is to prta'idc a sign which issimple of construction, capable of being manufactured and sold yat 'icomparatively low cost, which will hold the sign spaced from thesupport, and which will securely clainp signs of different sizes.

The invention consists of the features of 'fnnstruction, combination andarrangement ci parts herein fully described and claimed, reference beinghad to the accompanying thawing in which tlure l is a liront elevationof the iniprfrved sign holder. Fig. 2 is a side eleva tion ot' the same.Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section.

.ln carryingl .my invention into practice., l provide a hraeliet memberl, cni'nprising; a comparatively long; and narrow plate hav-- ing asubstantially dat lood-y portion Q, which body portion is irovided withterminal apertured ears 3 for the passage olf 'fnstenings to secure thebracket to wall or other support, and citiset portions fl connectingsaid cars with the bracket body. T will be ob- ,it served that theseoffset portions dispose the bod;T portion nl the bracket so as to standont from the wall or other support, allowing" the sign to be applied andremoved with facility, while at the saine time spacing;l the sign fromthe, wall or other support to rcduce liabilit)7 of injiuwv to the latterto the minimum.

The bracket body 2 is provided with a lonc'itiulinally extending' slot.7, and mounted upon the said bracket body, at right aniles thereto inparallel relation to each other, are, holding` bars or strips 6 and 7having' longitudinalli1 `ojeom'erl or channeled inner iaees 9. whichgrooves or channels are designed to receive and hold the longitudinaledges of the sign proper 9.

It will., of course, be understood that the parts oit the holder may bemade o! any dcsired size, and,` as shown, one of the bars,

as the'bar t3, is provided with a lug l() for the passage ot a rivet orother fastening 1l, which also passes through one end of the body 2 andrigidly tastens the har 6 in position. The other har is also providedwith an apcrtured lng 12 for the passage of a bolt 13, and this bolt i3extends through the slot 5 and is slidahle in said slot, whereby the barl is adjustable toward and roin'the bar 6 so as to properly dispose saidbars tor lwldingl signs oi dili'erent widths. The bolt i i3 is providedwith a wing nut 14C for clainping the adjilstablc bar in adjustedposition at any point alone; the length of the slot 5.

lt will thus bc seen that the holder may be secured to a suitablesupport and that it is adapted to detachably hold metal or other signsof different sizes to displaj. the same in an eli'ective manner, as wellas to permit oit' the removal oi the signs and substitution of others asdesired. Furthermore, it will be seen that the device provides for thedisplay of signs Without iirinring or. defacing a wall or other support,other than is nece sary for the passage of the fastenings which securethe bracket in place. The device is thus a lapted especially fordisplaying signs upon municipal and other buildings, etc., or whereverit is desired to display signs without injuring or defacing the buildingor support to any appreciable extent.

l claimt A sign holding' device comprising a vertically disposed bracketbar having?,` end attaching,a portions, said bar also having alongitudinally extending slot and short iniperli'orate portions betweenthe ends oi' said slot and said attaching' portions, a lower channeledholding bar extending trans versely of said bracket bar and providedwith a medial ear, said bar and ear being arranged' to bear against thelower iin-perforate portion of the bracket bar, fastening means passingthrough said ear and said ilnpcriorate portion oli the bracket bar andrigidly securing' said channeled bar in position. Ian upper channeledholding; bar cxtending transversely across the slotted portihn ol' the,bracket bar and parallel with the first-named channeled bar and alsoprovided 'with a medial ear, the channeled faces ot said bars being`arranged opposite each other and the inner Walls ofthe channels thcreottid` .channele bar, a clamping nuiy engaging said botg, and. clampingmembers upon the out@ vmlis of the channels of the channeed bas 10slamming 'tha edges of a sign. *glam against the 'mner walls of said.channels.

In faestlmony whereof alx my signatur.

MNE H. CQSNER.

